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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomicsI won't lie, prank calls were in our repertoire. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by CaptainCanuckSee.... This is another level! |
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| it's all fun and games...until someone gets hurt....then it's a competition!! | ||
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 Not trying to be an ass since February 12, 2020.
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Quote:Originally Posted by HeinzDad Hello; Elic Masak calling for Mike Hawk My name is McAmmer; do you know Yucant Uchdis? |
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 I'd like to say I still turned out alright, but that would be a lie.
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics Great times! I was still making prank phone calls in my 20s using sound boards from Ebaum's World. http://www.realmofdarkness.net/sb/arnold-27/ |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte It is likely because you are a respectful, thoughtful and considerate individual. Don’t expect the same of others or life will be full of disappointments. That and people enjoy projecting idiocy / excuses. I have heard others say the same thing about driving high or drunk (“dumb kids, we all did something like that”). For some there is an excuse for everything in youth. |
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 Masculinity takes a holiday.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte @Bronte If you really want to freak them out say "I just meant that I hope the Police get involved before they reach the house where those other kids disappeared". |
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 The apple sauce and pudding were the best part...
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| Lol. The folks on next door apparently don't know how to read, so last thing I need is for them to think I abduct children. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and it's all well and good till someone gets hurt. Personally if I was a parent, I'd warn my kid to avoid doing something so stupid to not get shot. Even trick or treating should illicit some apprehension this day and age. |
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| @Bronte lol....I forget that getting shot is an option for you guys! yeah...I suppose some of the stupid stuff we did as kids we may not have if that was remotely a possibility.....although there was one farmers kid who had salt shot in I don't know...410? he would take shots at us kids or chase us on his motor bike when we would venture into the orchard for a free snack or to joy ride one of the flat bed farm cars. Only ever heard of 1 kid getting shot - but he wasn't a trust worthy source! |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics In Canada it is only the homeowners who are at risk :-) Crime in many parts of Canada is higher than many parts of the US. Where I live today is safer than where I grew up near Toronto. This despite the area near Toronto costing about 3x-4x more for an equivalent home and property (with an average HH income that is lower than where I live now)… |
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| I love "IF" statements - trying to find outliers in 15k line pivot table the good old IF X=Y then True else False is awesome!! | ||
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 I don't believe this....and I know you don't care that I don't believe this.
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Quote:Originally Posted by Davethebrave not true and define many? |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Davethebrave if you cherry pick certain areas sure....the stats tell a different story though as far as house prices US properties are cheaper for many reasons. The diff is made up by property taxes that are 2 to 3 times those in Canada, high taxes when you sell your house unless you are married, a much easier environment in which urban sprawl(and cheaper land) occurs, US is still recovering from the housing bubble and crash (remember NINJA mortgages?) which didn't happen here also Yes Canada is large but the amount of habitable area is smaller compared to the United States. Virtually all of America is habitable etc. etc. For a more realistic comparison you would need to check prices in neighboring areas to the US major cities - which I think you would find would be closer to the prices to your old area near Toronto - try something of similar distance from New York |
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Quote:Originally Posted by KatKomics As someone who lived more than a decade in Manhattan - you are wayyy off. Also, the reasons Canadian house prices are so absurdly high are not because of property taxes. In fact, like-for-like the mortgage interest deduction here in the US more than offsets. Not to mention much lower taxes, even adjusting for out-of-pocket health care costs. The reasons Canadian prices are absurdly high are: 1) extreme indebtedness in Canada overall helped by 2) significant reliance on variable rate mortgages (which allow extremely low interest rates but carry much higher risk) 3) no lessons learned from the housing crisis 4) foreign purchases driving the high end of the market, in significant part (at the margin) from money laundering. I know the story of the US housing crash extremely well having been part of those who called it correctly. As for suburb price comparisons, just look up prices in homes in Closter NJ, or westchester NY etc… you get far more than you do in Richmond Hill or Oakville. Then go check household income medians… Then check commute times from those places into NYC vs Richmond Hill as an example. Then do some digging on typical house price to income multiples. The GTA is likely in the top 2 or 3 biggest real estate bubbles in the world. Edit (found after posting): https://www.ubs.com/global/en/media/display-page-ndp/en-20211013-grebi.html?campID=UC%3AE%3A601188%3A601189%3A48924993%3A0%3A831948959%3A831948961%3Aen%3A524531716%3A%3A%3A |
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| @GAC which part is “not true”… as for many, many. If you look at the suburbs of detroit, which is at the extreme in the US (highest crime rate) you will find many communities with lower per capita violent crime rates than Canadian cities. The crime is more concentrated. That is not a good or bad thing in itself, but it means the overall stats don’t tell a useful story. It is like stats around being attacked and killed by a shark. As a general statistic it is vanishingly low. In large part because a substantial part of the world’s population never goes in the ocean. If you sampled data for surfers in an unnetted area off the SA coast… your stats would look very different. So some stats used independent of context are pretty useless. |
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Quote:Originally Posted by Davethebrave 100% I'll buy some of this - we are still in our 'bubble' though..hence higher prices - you guys are recovering after a crash - so in many ways prices are not comparable until we get a decade after our inevitable crash - with our bubble being caused by the reasons stated above vs sub-prime mortgages etc. Commute time??? what's that??? - lol!!! Tax regimes is a whole other ball of wax - it's not just health care - I'm quite happy to pay my fair share and then some vs the benefits they provide to society at large - my Great Great Grandfather (an immigrant who among other things was a dynamite man building the Trans-Canada Railway in the early 1900's) was a school trustee for 25 years and introduced free school supplies during the Great Depression - gotta deeeeep socialist vein running in me!! |
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| Do I really need to wait 24hrs for my PL Premium to cure? I have screws too....I don't think I need to wait... | ||
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| . Did they ever figure out the Caramilk secret?  What about the beef, did they ever find the beef?  |
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 It gets old smelling it everytime I go outside my door.
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| When someone lists a book one Ebay as NM (near mint) and the book has a dozen spine ticks, or a 3" corner crease. Are they just wanting more traffic to view the book or are they simply void of the knowledge to accurately asses the books true condition? | ||
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| Sometimes they copy a listing from an old auction to make it easier to list. I just noticed I did that and made an error. Thankfully I didn't get dinged for the mistake | ||
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| When a long time seller on Ebay (say with 10,000 feedback or more) lists a book as NM (near mint) and only shows one front scan of the books still in the bag or even a front & a back scan with the book removed from the bag that are not close up & or not perfectly in focus, are they trying to hide some of the defects that would be seen if they had provided close up pics in lieu of non close up scans? Or do they just realize or care that buyers need to see as much detail as possible to know the books condition in order to know what the books FMV is in order to determine what they are willing to bid for the book? | ||
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| When a top ebay seller lists keys and mega key books at a 50-150% premium to FMV and only entertains offers “within 5-10%” of their ask, are they brilliant or daft? | ||
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On a double cover, I thought that the grade was the higher of the 2. In a book I submitted it was not. Anybody have idea on the thought process?  |
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 I live in RI and Rhode Islanders eat chili with beans.
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| @Bronte - They do provide the grade for both covers, but the overall grade doesn’t always match the best cover. Other defects on interior pages, such as writing, tears, stains, or a detached or partially centerfold will also negatively impact the overall grade. | ||
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| Higher of the two or atleast the interior one. Reason being is, theoretically, you could remove the outside cover and no one would know. | ||
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| @esaravo That makes sense Here was the notes. Grader Notes: double cover 1st cover 2.5, interior cover 4.5 piece out right bottom of cover split top of spine |
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| @esaravo Great point Ed!! | ||
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Quote:Originally Posted by Bronte going by the notes, they gave you the higher grade cover grade. |
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| @GAC Yeah. I can live with tbe grade. My whole point in buying the book was that it was the cheapest double cover I could find at the time. The book has no meaning or purpose beyond that. Yes. A waste of money, but it was cheap and I used the competitive upgrade at cgc since it was a pgx originally. |
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